33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wychitella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wychitella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in three people in Wychitella volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out in an area where very few people provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.3% of residents helping out. This is much higher than most similar areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the 20.7% Australian figure—no one in the area provides unpaid care for others or children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and lower than most similar areas.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Wychitella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22879/wychitella/topic/community